{"product_id":"signed-bizen-guinomi-sake-cup-wood-fired-stoneware-with-ash-glaze-and-tomobako","title":"Signed Bizen Guinomi Sake Cup | Wood Fired Stoneware with Ash Glaze and Tomobako","description":"Experience Authentic Bizen Ware Art with this Signed Bizen Guinomi. This Wood Fired Sake Cup serves as a Bizen Yaki Stoneware vessel and Natural Ash Sake piece, featuring Warm Hidasuki Marks and an Irregular Rim Cup form — an essential Japanese Sake Cup for any Bizen Pottery collector seeking Artisan Guinomi character with a Signed Tomobako Box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Basic Details ]\u003cbr\u003e• Ware: Bizen-yaki (備前焼)\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Unglazed wood-fired stoneware with natural ash effects\u003cbr\u003e• Era: Contemporary (2010–2019)\u003cbr\u003e• Origin: Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, Japan\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Height approx. 4.3 cm, Rim diameter approx. 5.6 cm, Foot diameter approx. 4.1 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Box: Signed tomobako with red seal\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Good — surface markings characteristic of the tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Cultural \u0026amp; Artistic Insight ]\u003cbr\u003eThis guinomi wears the warm salmon-sand tones that characterize Bizen clay at its most approachable. The rim rises unevenly — one side higher than the other — creating the irregularity that Japanese aesthetics call \"kuzushi\" (deliberate collapse of symmetry). Along the lip, a thin line of natural ash glaze catches light where the kiln's atmosphere deposited its gifts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body is honest: throwing lines visible, the clay's texture unsmoothed, small inclusions left where they formed. This is not a cup that pretends to be anything other than earth shaped by hands and transformed by fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The rim rises unevenly because the hand that shaped it trusted the asymmetry.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ Deep-Dive Commentary ]\u003cbr\u003eBizen guinomi collecting occupies a dedicated niche within Japanese ceramic appreciation. Each cup is understood as a unique document of its firing — no two share identical markings. The warm, sandy palette of this cup results from placement in a cooler zone of the kiln, where the clay body retains more of its natural color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe natural ash glaze visible along the rim and inner edge forms when wood ash from the pine fuel settles on the surface during firing and reaches sufficient temperature to melt into glass. This thin, nearly accidental glaze layer adds a subtle sheen that contrasts with the matte body below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe compact proportions — barely 4.3 cm tall — invite the drinker to cradle the cup rather than grip it, fostering the intimate relationship between vessel and user that defines the guinomi experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[ JAPANESE DESCRIPTION \/ 日本語解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 基本情報 ]\u003cbr\u003e• 焼物：備前焼\u003cbr\u003e• 技法：無釉薪窯焼成・自然灰効果\u003cbr\u003e• 時代：現代（2010〜2019年）\u003cbr\u003e• 産地：岡山県備前\u003cbr\u003e• 寸法：高さ約4.3cm、口径約5.6cm、高台径約4.1cm\u003cbr\u003e• 箱：共箱（朱印）\u003cbr\u003e• 状態：良品\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ 文化的・芸術的解説 ]\u003cbr\u003e温かい砂色の素地に轆轤目がそのまま残り、口縁は意図的な非対称（崩し）で片側が高く立ち上がります。口縁に薄く掛かった自然灰釉が光を受け、素地のマットな質感との対比が穏やかな変化を生んでいます。備前ぐい呑は一碗として同じ景色がなく、この杯もまた火と灰の唯一の記録です。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61623844274546,"sku":"260227_a_2132","price":451.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m81966532394_1.jpg?v=1772186374","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/signed-bizen-guinomi-sake-cup-wood-fired-stoneware-with-ash-glaze-and-tomobako","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}